Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 8)

Beware my friend… you are skating on hot water.

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Sometimes I feel like I'm swimming uphill against the grain.

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Brilliant sunshine rained down on the city.

Misspokements Mixed metaphors

A stitch in time saves a poke in the eye with a wet fish.

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You buttered your bread; now you'll have to sleep in it.

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The guy just couldn’t cut the custard.

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I knew enough to realize that the alligators were in the swamp and that it was time to circle the wagons.

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How would I feel if I were sitting in your shoes?

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You have to shoot where the fish are barking.

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Get two birds stoned at once.

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Never lick a gift horse in the mouth.

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Things are different when you have fifteen people on your plate.

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That’s a kettle of fish of a different color.

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Between closed walls

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Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.

English football player
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It’s like pulling the teeth from a hen.

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The bad penny ain’t pickin’ up no more rollin’ moss.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Long road to hoe.

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Players' names should be entered in numeric order.

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I look forward to the day when we can just talk about the ethics of angling without this red herring of whether they can feel pain.

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